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The Hudson River from Ocean to Source (Bacon, 1903)

Bacon, Edgar Mayhew. The Hudson River from Ocean to Source: Historical, Legendary, Picturesque. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1903. 310 words

" Here are the marble works, where the black marble, native to the place, is prepared for market; the gun works, sewing-machine works, lime works, and a legion more. But if the average citizen was to be suddenly asked to name the staple product of Glens Falls and neighbouring river towns, he would be apt to answer, "wood-pulp." Wood-])ul]) is turning a great many factory wheels to-day, as it is feeding a great many thousand printing-presses, and it has made the paper mills of the upper Hudson the scene of a great industry.

It is time "this tale should have an ending." Already it has run beyond the limits that the author assigned for his work; yet he leaves it with reluctance, conscious most of all of its many omissions.

Republic, 427; Scenic and Historic Preservation Society, 415; Abbott, Rev. Lyman, D.D., 2S5 seamen, 54; stores, 332, 338; Abeel, Anthony, 491-492 Surety Building, t,^\ troops, 554, Abecl. David, 491-492 563-565; vessels, 340 Al)L'cl family, 491-492 Americans, 28 Abintjdon-Fitz-Roy Road, 174 Amsterdam, 2 1, .108, 446 Ancram Creek, 477 Academy Building, Kingston, 463 Ackland, Lady Harriet, 530 Andre, Major John, 72, 85, 86, 219, Act regvilating navigation, i 2 i 228, 236-237, 244, 296-297, 314, Adams, John, 163 317-318, his Adirondacks, 551 Andresen, Annandale, 479captivity, 456 Advertisement of steamboats, 12.S- Anthony, Theophilus, 426 Aepgin, Chief, 5 i i Anthony's Nose, 91, 116, 322, 325, Ailsa, Marquis of (Kennedy), 7,2 328, 337-33''^. 358. 361-362, 365, Albany, 2, 13, 4S, 111-112, 125- 126, 272-273, 278, 336, 344 Apothecarx's Hal'. Albany, s?, 340. 350-354. 356. 405, 43'. 436 Apthorpe Niansion, 140, 175 Arbor Hill, Albany, 545 444, 449- 464-466, 472, 476-477 483, 486-488, 494, 516, 519, 520 Archer, Ste])hen. 229 526-529, 530, 541-542, 544, 546- Ardsley-on 382 -the- Hudson. 230 550. 553-554, 55'*^- 561-562 ■\riiienia, stc-amboat, 130 beef, 440; Dutch, 531; festi- Armitage, D.